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Not a Drop of Rain Lyrics

Artist: Robert Earl Keen
Album: Gravitational Forces

Streets are almost empty, shops are closed downThere's not a soul left in the bar to tell my troubles toThink I'll walk down to the river that runs just south of townI hate like hell when there ain't nothin' left to doBut stand beneath the river bridge and listen for the trainIt's been a long hot summer, not a drop of rain

I broke down in DecemberI headed for the coastI thought the wind and water would elevate my mindI surfaced in the springtime feelin' like a ghostMissin' more than ever the things I left behindNow I'm standin' on this riverbank and still cannot explainIt's been a long hot summer, not a drop of rainMy bag is full of letters unopened and unreadI'm sure they'd tell the story of worry and of formMy heart is beating heavy with all we left unsaidI swear to you I never meant you any harmBut sacrifice and compromise could never stand the strainIt's been a long hot summer, not a drop of rain

Tonight I'll close my eyes again and try to see your faceAnd listen for your voice to tell me it's alright to sleepConvince myself I'll wake up in another time and placeKnowin' all the while that it's a promise I can't keepA string of broken promises, another link of chainIt's been a long hot summer, not a drop of rain

The children on the playground, the lovers in the shadeRemind me of a life and time that feels more like a dreamWhen the sound of love and laughter was the music that we playedAs we lay beside the waters of a never ending streamNow the stream has gone to hiding, the dream lives on in vainIt's been a long hot summer, not a drop of rain

The clouds are building slowly on the skyline to the eastThe wind and dust are dancing like the devil across the lakeI could try to find a bottle or try to find a priestSalvation won't be traveling either road I takeSo I turn my collar to the wind that echoes this refrainIt's been a long hot summer, not a drop of rain